Md Shah Jahan | 2014-07-13 00:00:00
The government has finally drafted the Geographical Indication (GI) rules to help protect the patent rights and ensure the country's ownership of a range of traditional items, including Jamdani. The Department of Patents, Designs & Trademarks (DPDT) of Ministry of...
Yasir Wardad | 2014-07-13 00:00:00
Farm exports brought in a record US$615 million in the just-concluded financial year, with vegetables leading the shipment. Agriculture exports brought in US$615 million in 2014 fiscal compared with $535.74 million a year ago, posting a 15 per cent growth,...
Shah Alam Nur | 2014-07-13 00:00:00
Fear and despair over losing jobs stare hundreds of readymade garment (RMG) workers in their face these days as many factories are facing closure amid a storm triggered by compliance issue in the aftermath of Rana Plaza collapse, industry-insiders said....
BRASïLIA: Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff Sunday thanked the Brazilian World Cup team for "moments of joy" prior to a stunning exit. The five-time champions signed off from the tournament in miserable fashion, annihilated 7-1 by Germany in their semi-final before...
BRUSSELS, July 12 (AFP): Ukraine, Russia and the European Union sat down Friday for a first round of talks intended to reassure Moscow on the consequences of tighter trade links between Kiev and Brussels. Late last month, Ukraine and the...
India's industrial output jumps 4.7pc in May NEW DELHI, July 12: India's industrial production jumped for the second month in a row in a boost for the new Narendra Modi-led government which faces a huge challenge to revive the ailing...
After a couple of decades, Biman Bangladesh Airlines has decided to produce television commercials for airing on local and international media, aiming to attract more passengers. "Biman's TV commercial was last aired in the late 1980s," a former board director...
The state-owned BASIC Bank, under fire over financial irregularities, has an unrecoverable amount of debts that have increased nearly 30 times over the past four and a half years, reports bdnews24.com. It currently has a capital deficit of over Tk...
A 16-day International Jamdani Taant Bastra Fair will formally begin Sunday on the premises of the Siddheshwari Girls School at Bailey Road in the city, reports BSS. Bangladesh Weavers' Product and Manufacturing Business Association (BWPMBA) is organising the fair. State...
Bangladesh will host a two-day international workshop on "Blue Economy" in September this year to discuss ways to better explore the untapped resources of the Bay of Bengal, a foreign ministry official said Saturday, reports UNB. The Sept. 1-2 workshop...
Country's leading electronics and automobiles brand Walton now offer customers the convenience of interest-free installment payments over a six-month period, reports UNB. The consumers will be able to avail the offer against a purchase worth Tk 8,500 and above at...
New delhi July 12 (Reuters) : Every few weeks farmer Jay Narayan Singh hauls onions and potatoes in a hired lorry to a wholesale market an hour's drive from his home in the country's northern plains, only to sell his...
SHANGHAI, July 12 (Reuters) : Chinese banks must create a firewall around increasingly popular wealth management services, the country's banking regulator urged, in order to avoid any contagion from higher risk products spreading to normal bank loans. Banks must establish...
Around 32 per cent female workers in Bangladesh get paid less than Tk 100 per day, according to a recent study by the development organisation, Steps Towards Development (STD). It also said that 61 per cent of female workers earned...
PARIS, July 12 (AFP) : The International Energy Agency on Friday cut its forecast for 2014 oil demand to 92.7 million barrels a day due to weaker than expected global economic growth. The revised forecast shows a drop of 130,000...
US not playing fair in trade: French, German industry FRANKFURT, July 12 : The United States is not playing fairly in its trade with Europe and is deliberately undermining Europe's banking system, the heads of German and French industry said...
Ismail Hossain | 2014-07-13 00:00:00
Local manufacturers can easily meet the domestic demand of Tk 8.0 billion low-end computer accessories if necessary policy supports are provided, the industry insider said. They think abolition of current 15 per cent tax on import of raw materials of...
Shamsul Huda | 2014-07-13 00:00:00
Experts suggest immediate survey to make an inventory of marine resources in the country's vast territorial waters now secured in the Bay of Bengal, especially for identifying sustainable fishing grounds with safeguards against poaching by foreign trawler crews. Sending gaggles...
NEW DELHI, July 12 (Reuters): India's top finance ministry official said that plans announced in this week's budget to stick to a fiscal deficit target of 4.1 per cent of GDP are "very credible", despite criticism from ratings agencies that...
WASHINGTON, July 12 (Reuters): The US budget surplus was $71 billion at the end of June, down 39 per cent from the same period last year, according to data released by the Treasury Department on Friday. Analysts polled by Reuters...
BRASILIA, Brazil, July 12 (AFP): The Brazil, Russia, India, and China (BRICS) group of emerging powers will launch its own development bank at a summit next week, using its growing influence to establish a counterweight to Western-dominated financial organisations. Fresh...
SYDNEY, July 12 (AFP): Australia's central bank governor Glenn Stevens Saturday urged politicians to work together to address the growing gap between fiscal spending and revenue, as the government battles to push through massive budget cuts. In a rare newspaper...
KUALA LUMPUR, July 12 (AFP): Malaysia's second largest bank CIMB Group has secured central bank approval to commence merger talks with RHB Capital and Malaysia Building Society to create the country's biggest bank, media reports said Saturday. The merger plan...
Mohammad Mufazzal | 2014-07-13 00:00:00
Experts and stakeholders have said any kind of ambiguity regarding exchange's authority in conducting inspections in premises of listed companies should be removed for the sake of investors and market as well. They said this following the recent inactiveness of...
Mohammad Ali | 2014-07-13 00:00:00
Meghna Bank Ltd, a newly launched fourth generation bank, looks to move forward progressively by its 'prompt, accurate and safe' services, distinguishing itself from other banks, its chief executive officer (CEO) said. "We will move forward progressively but in a...
LONDON, July 12 (AP): Argentina and Germany face off in the World Cup final today (Sunday) and investors in both countries will do well to be alert to potential drops on their stock markets the day after in case of...
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